Fitzgerald Brenna Colleen, Dias Sara, Martorell Jaume
Medical Center for Birds, 3805 Main Street, Oakley, CA 94561, USA.
Exotic Animals Department, Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carrer de l'Hospital, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallés), Barcelona 08193, Spain.
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2018 May;21(2):399-442. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2018.01.015.
Cardiovascular disease, including congestive heart failure, pericardial disease, and atherosclerosis, is becoming increasingly better recognized in companion birds, small mammals, and reptiles. A wide range of medications is available to treat these conditions, including diuretics, vasodilators, positive and negative inotropes, antiarrhythmic agents, and pentoxifylline. This review systematically discusses each of these drug classes and their potential applications in exotic species. Although treatment approaches remain largely empirical and extrapolated from small animal and human medicine, the management strategies presented here have the potential to both maintain quality of life and extend survival time for the exotic cardiac patient.
心血管疾病，包括充血性心力衰竭、心包疾病和动脉粥样硬化，在伴侣鸟类、小型哺乳动物和爬行动物中越来越受到关注。有多种药物可用于治疗这些疾病，包括利尿剂、血管扩张剂、正性和负性肌力药、抗心律失常药和己酮可可碱。本综述系统地讨论了每一类药物及其在 exotic 物种中的潜在应用。尽管治疗方法在很大程度上仍然是经验性的，并且是从小动物医学和人类医学中推断出来的，但这里介绍的管理策略有可能维持 exotic 心脏病患者的生活质量并延长其生存时间。
